Between September and November, 2.41 inches of rain fell -- more than what typically falls in the desert landscape in one year.

An unusual email arrived in the inbox of a faculty member at the department of archaeology at Simon Fraser University in the spring of 2024.

According to the team, that pine pitch is the first major new clue in over a century. When the boat was built, Denmark itself had few pine forests. While it is possible that the pine pitch made its way to Denmark via trade, other coastal areas east of Denmark along the Baltic Sea did have pine forests.

The discovery of the settlements over the years has led to a new understanding of the Asia Minor and Anatolia regions.

A study says the Ain Samiya goblet, found in 1970, depicts a moment of cosmic creation, challenging previous scholarly interpretations. It's the oldest-known cup of its kind.

As far as kitchen staples, you don’t really get much better than olive oil. It can do it all—jazz up a salad, sauté vegetables, add a nice crisp to some noodles, and more. Humans have been using olive oil for about 8,000 years, so archeologists often report olive oil residue on excavated pottery.

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Archaeologists in Hungary have uncovered a 1,300-year-old warrior’s tomb containing one of only about 80 known Avar sabers, a rare find that offers new insight into the lives of the Avars.